---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-112594"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BATL"
cik: "0001282648"
company_name: "BATTALION OIL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-01T12:30:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:17:10.353337+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Battalion Oil adds Brad Juneau to board, expanding it to five directors effective Sept 30, 2026

## Summary
- Battalion expanded its board from four to five directors, appointing John "Brad" Juneau as an independent director effective September 30, 2026; the board remains majority-independent.
- Juneau founded and manages Juneau Exploration L.P. and has 40+ years in oil and gas; he serves on Talos Energy's board and Contango Silver & Gold's board, previously as its chairman.
- At Zilkha Energy he rose to SVP Exploration before its $1.5B sale to Sonat in 1998; in 1999 he co-founded Contango Oil & Gas with Ken Peak, whose stock rose from $0.20 to over $75.
- Juneau Exploration led the 2009 eastern interior Alaska gold discovery that became the Manh Choh mine, spun out as Contango Ore and in production since 2024.
- CEO Matt Steele cited Juneau's "accretive, consolidation-minded" M&A experience; the appointment follows March 2026 director changes and the board's stated plan to add independent directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-112594
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BATL
- cik: 0001282648
- company_name: BATTALION OIL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T12:30:28+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000110465926112594/0001104659-26-112594-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000110465926112594/batl-20260930x8k.htm

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